Community Guitar Classes
with Andrew Lawrence

Photo: Meghan Hoagland

Fall 2017

3-week mini-classes start the week after Labor Day (Topics to be announced.)
10-week classes start early October.

Please note: this is being written during the summer of 2017, when I am both travelling in Europe and re-doing this entire website. The following should be considered bare-bones info, mostly for the benefit of newcomers. I'll make more detailed information about the fall classes available by email after I'm back in the States. So if you are interested in Community Guitar, please jot me a note to that effect and I'll be in touch soon. My email address is andolawrence AT gmail DOT com. Now, on with some very basic information...

These 10-week classes form the backbone of the Community Guitar program, offering participants the opportunity to build technical skills, repertoire and relationships all in one spot. We meet weekly for 90 minutes, usually taking on 4 songs per 10-week session. We generally work in one major key -- and perhaps its relative minor -- the whole time.

The exact mix of classes/levels is determined in large part by the abilities and interests of the participating students, but what you see below is how the schedule for our 10-week classes has been shaping up in recent years. Although there are nominally only two levels, in reality it's more complicated than that. So if you are considering joining one of these study groups for the first time, please get in touch as early as possible so we can find the best group for you to work with and make sure you're ready.

* An "Advanced Level 1" class straddles Levels 1 & 2 by incorporating more creative musicianship. This requires not only stronger technical abilities, but a better understanding of basic music theory and, eventually, the CAGED System.